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Counterterrorism detectives successful Scotland were investigating aft 5 radical were injured successful attacks successful Edinburgh that appeared to people Muslims, constabulary said connected Saturday (June 20, 2026).
Police Scotland said that a 36-year-old antheral was arrested precocious connected Friday (June 19, 2026) aft officers received aggregate reports of attacks successful the westbound and northbound of the city.
The unit said that 5 men – 2 aged 22, and others ages 24, 27 and 39 – sustained a scope of injuries and 3 needed infirmary treatment. None of the injuries is considered life-threatening.
The foundation Muslim Engagement and Development said that respective of those injured are Muslim. The Scottish Association of Mosques said that 2 of the injured men were attacked aft attending prayers astatine their section mosque.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the fishy “appears to beryllium motivated by anti-Muslim hatred”.
“I volition not tolerate this – helium volition look the afloat unit of the law,” Starmer said successful a station connected X.
Video posted connected societal media appeared to amusement a shirtless antheral carrying a agelong limb roaming a thoroughfare and battering a edifice doorway successful the Scottish capital.
Another video seemed to amusement the aforesaid antheral connected the crushed shouting astir “protecting the country” portion being held by a constabulary officer.
U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that she was “horrified by quality of the onslaught successful Edinburgh”.
“There is nary spot for hatred and unit against Muslims. I cognize it is not who we are arsenic a country,” she said.
The Muslim Council of Britain said successful a connection that the Muslim assemblage is “rightly tense and worried”.
It said that the unit was “a nonstop effect of governmental rhetoric that demonises full communities”.
Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton said that it was a “shocking” incident. She said that officers “are being supported by Counter Terrorism Policing”.
“I privation to nonstop a wide connection of enactment to each our communities that determination is nary spot for racism oregon faith-based hatred successful Scotland, which is astatine its champion erstwhile we basal together,” she said.
